Northern Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus harterti (Sushkin, 1906)

Description

Bill is a little less thick and massive than in pyrrhuloides, but thicker than in other races. Black mantle streaks are broader; light feather borders on mantle are darker, more buffy and less whitish than in pyrrhuloides.

Distribution

Breeds in Eastern Kazakhstan, in north to Kalbinsky Altai, Chernyy Irtysh valley and Zaysan depression. Details of distribution on migration and in winter not investigated.